Spain. La Rioja. Clavijo. Castle built by the Moors. 9th century. Walls and the Tower of Homage.
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Book of the Tournament. Knight on horseback and armed with spears. Miniature. Fol. 40 v. 15th century Vatican Apostolic Library. Italy.
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Romanesque Art. 11th century. Tapestry of Creation or Girona Tapestry. Samson with the jawbone of an ass in his hand. Museum of the Cathedral of Girona. Catalonia. Spain.
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BATTLE OF GUADALETE (711). Detail. Oil by Salvador Martinez Cubells.  San Fernando Fine Arts Museum. Madrid. Spain.
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Afonso I or Dom Afonso Henriques (1109-1185). First king of Portugal. Defeat of the Arabs in Ourique (1139). In the same field, is proclaimed king Afonso. Eighteenth-century engraving.
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Catalan literature. Fifteenth century. PARIS and VIANA. Engraving representing the knight PARIS.  Edition printed in Barcelona in 1494 by Diego Gumiel. Library of Catalonia. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spai
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A doctor of the law asks Jesus what to do to gain eternal life. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy.
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Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes. Founded by King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile to commemorate their victory at the Battle of Toro (1476) over the army of Afonso V of Portu
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Richard I of England , known as Richard the Lionheart (1157-1199). King of England (1189-1199). Crusader forces praying before going into battle. Gustave Dore engraving.
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DON RODRIGO (m. 711). Ultimo rey visigodo de la Península Ibérica (710-711). S. VIII. Murió en su enfrentamiento con el militar bereber Tariq Ibn Ziyad en la Batalla de Guadalete. "MUERTE DE DON ROGRI
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AMADIS DE GAULA, LOS CUATRO LIBROS DEL ESFORZADO CABALLERO. Libro de caballerías, el más difundido en la Europa del s. XVI. Detalle de una de las ilustraciones de la edición de 1533.
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Wolfram von Eschenbach (Eschenbach, h.1170-Eschenbach, 1220), German poet, author of "Parzival", with harness and standard of assault. Fol. 149v. Codex Manesse (ca.1300) by Rudiger Manesse and his son
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Wachsmut Von Kunzingen, unknown poet and crusader, with the standard and the dress of assault before a fight. Codex Manesse (ca.1300) by Rudiger Manesse and his son Johannes. Fol.160v. University of
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Battle of Clavijo (844). According to tradition, the king of Asturias Ramiro I, with the help of St. James that he appeared riding a white horse, defeated a large Muslim army, commanded by the Emir of
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ALMOGAVARES, mercenarios catalanes y aragoneses que, tras intervenir en las luchas de la Reconquista peninsular, conquistaron Sicilia (1282) y participaron en la expedición al Imperio de Oriente y Gre
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HISTORIA DE INGLATERA. SIGLO XIV. "BATALLA DE OTTERBURN", 5 agosto de 1388. Lucha en la frontera entre el ejército escocés e inglés en Notthem, Inglaterra. James Douglas, segundo Conde de Douglas y Ma
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TACUINUM SANITATIS. Manual de salud, datado antes del 1400, basado en observaciones de orden medicinal que detalla los aspectos más importantes de los alimentos, bebidas y vestuario. "ESGRIMA". Folio
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HISTORIA DE ESPAÑA. CORONA DE CASTILLA-S. XIV. "BATALLA DEL SALADO". Nombre dado a la victoria obtenida el 30 de octubre de 1340 por las huestes de ALFONSO XI de Castilla, a orillas del río Salado (Cá
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Medieval tournament. The two sides of the contest with the Knight of Honor at the center. Miniature in the "Livre des tournois of Rene d'Anjou" (1465). National Library in Paris. France.
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Conquest of Mallorca (1229) by King James I of Aragon (1208-1276). Wall paintings from the Aguilar Palace (Barcelona) by Master of the Conquest of Majorca. National Art Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona.
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John Skylitzes. Synopsis of Histories. War with the Arabs. Codex of the 12th century. National Library. Madrid. Spain.
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Shield tile depicting the vision  of Afonso Henriques (1110-1185)  in which Jesus assured him victory in the Battle of Ourique (July 25, 1139). The little shields represent the five Moorish kings defe
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Bernard Desclot. Catalan chronicler. 13th Century. Chronicle of the Reign of King Peter III of Aragon (1276-85). Page of Bernard's chronicle. Fol. 140. Manuscript 486. Library of Catalonia. Barcelona.
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HISTORIA DE FRANCIA. SIGLOS VIII-IX. IMPERIO CAROLINGIO. Reinado de Carlomagno (768-814). "DUELO ENTRE CUATRO LANZAS". El combate tenía lugar en un perímetro demarcado por cuatro grandes lanzas. Graba
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The Thurgau poet Walter von Klingen  (1240-1286), Knight of Rudolf I of Habsburg, defeats another knight in a tournament. Codex Manesse (ca.1300) by Rudiger Manesse and his son Johannes. Miniature. Fo
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